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Australia Denies Deal with Indonesia to Rescue Asylum Boats without Permission

Australian government has clearly denied any agreement between the Australian immigration and the immigration and defence authorities in Indonesia that will permit Australian immigration forces to enter Indonesian waters in case they receive a distress call from any boat carrying asylum seekers. The statement was issued by the Home Affairs Minister Jason Clare’s spokesperson on [...]

Australian immigration authorities and forces will be able to respond to distress calls from asylum seekers’ boats in Indonesian search and rescue zone without prior permission from Indonesian government as a result of a possible agreement between the two nations expected to be signed within couple of months. The Australian government has not yet issued [...]

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Australia Will Send Back Indonesian Young Crew Members of Asylum Boats

Australian government is preparing to speed up the process of sending the underage Indonesian victims of human smuggling who entered Australia in boats carrying asylum seekers as crew members. Human trafficking was at the priority of the agenda of talks between the Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and the Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. These [...]

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Australian and Indonesian leaders have met at the Northern Territory capital of Darwin to discuss the issue of boat people after the Indian Ocean tragedy that left 90 illegal asylum seekers on board dead.  Both the leaders decided to enhance the collaboration between two countries’ maritime forces in order to avoid such disasters in future [...]

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India is introducing a new visa application processing procedure for applicants from Indonesia intending to visit India for study, business, or tourism with effect from June 1, 2012. The changes in the application submission process will require all the residents of Indonesia to fill an online application at Indian Visa Online and then submit it. [...]

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The tourism ministries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have agreed to introduce a common one visa for all the non-ASEAN countries. The objective behind this move is to perk up the tourism industries of the regional member states. After the implementation of this policy, the foreigners will be able to visit all [...]

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Australia has raised concerns over Indonesian immigration policy to relax country’s immigration laws for the citizens of Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Initially, new and easy immigration rules are set to be introduced for the national of Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. In the second stage, same relaxed visa rules and regulations will be implemented [...]

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